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  • Flight tests conclude for shape changing aircraft flap

    A team of researchers from Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and FlexSys, Inc., accomplished a long sought goal in aviation research April 22 with the last flight of the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge Flight Research program.A radically new morphing wing technology called Flexfoil TM exceeded

  • AFMC’s Wingman Intervention program going strong

    More than a year after it was introduced, Air Force Materiel Command's Wingman Intervention program is still going strong."During the spring 2013 Wingman Day, AFMC made a concerted effort to provide its Airmen with the skills and confidence they need to safely intervene when they see fellow Airmen

  • Air Force announces retirement of AFSC commander

    Air Force officials announced May 7, 2015, the retirement of Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Litchfield, commander of Air Force Sustainment Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.The general will retire effective June 5, 2015, after 34 years of service.Litchfield entered the Air Force

  • AFRC pilot lauded for emergency landing at Hill

    Quick thinking and good communication not only saved a $13 million aircraft and its pilot, it also averted a possible tragedy close to Hill Air Force Base.On Jan. 10, 2014, Lt. Col. James "G-Man" Doyle, an Air Force Reserve pilot with the 514th Flight Test Squadron, was taking off on a functional

  • AFMC activates AFIMSC

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command officially activated the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center during a ceremony here May 5.Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger appointed Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter as the first AFIMSC commander at the event attended by more than 500 people in the Basic

  • Raptor test force enters new phase of AIM-9X testing

    The 411th Flight Test Squadron and F-22 Combined Test Force successfully test fired two guided AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles this year as part of the latest phase in getting the Raptor closer to using the missile operationally.The AIM-9X is an advanced infrared missile and the newest of the Sidewinder

  • DoD Lab Day to showcase groundbreaking AFRL technologies

    The Air Force Research Laboratory will have a unique opportunity to showcase some of its groundbreaking technologies at the first ever Department of Defense Lab Day to be held at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2015. The goal of the event is to increase awareness of DoD laboratory